89th Airlift Wing
| 89th Airlift Wing | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 10 May 1949-Present |
| Country |
 United States
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| Branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Type | Special Air Mission Airlift |
| Part of |
 Air Mobility Command
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| Garrison/HQ | Joint Base Andrews, Maryland |
| Motto(s) | EXPERTO CREDE ... "Believe one who has had experience in the matter" |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Colonel Casey D. Eaton |
| Notable commanders |
Arthur Lichte |
| Insignia | |
| 89th Airlift Wing Emblem |  |
The 89th Airlift Wing (89 AW) of the United States Air Force is based at Joint Base Andrews and has an operational force of over 1,000 personnel. The 89 AW provides global Special Air Mission (SAM) airlift, logistics, aerial port and communications for the President, Vice President, Combat Commanders, senior leaders and the global mobility system as tasked by the White House, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Air Mobility Command.
"Transporting our nation's senior civilian and military leaders to locations around the globe...during peace, crisis, and conflict... and providing combat ready forces to theater combatant commanders."
The 89th provided transition training for pilots from 1942 to 1944. It trained replacement crews in March–April 1944. The wing trained in the Reserve for troop carrier operations from June 1949 to May 1951. It was briefly called into active service in May 1951 to provide personnel to other units during the Korean War.
The 89th again trained in the Reserve for fighter-bomber operations from June 1952 to November 1957. From January 1966, it served as a special mission airlift wing charged with providing worldwide airlift for the Executive Department and high-ranking dignitaries of the U.S. Government and of foreign governments, as directed. (In taking over the special airlift mission, it replaced the 1254th Air Transport Wing, which had previously undertaken the task at Andrews from 1 October 1948 to 1966.) It assumed an additional mission of controlling all T-39 administrative airlift within the United States from 1975 to 1978 and continued maintenance support to 1984. It gained a helicopter squadron in July 1976 and added rescue and medical evacuation (in the Washington, D.C. area) to its mission. In October 1976, the wing began training C-12 pilots for units in Alaska and Germany, and for duty with defense attaché offices and military assistance units.
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